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It’s not every day you make Olympic history — and Lauren Scruggs’ family is reveling in the moment. On July 28, during the women’s fencing individual foil, Scruggs became the first Black American woman to win a medal in the Olympic category, claiming silver.  “It’s just unbelievable,” Scruggs told Today.com.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erica Ash, an actor and comedian skilled in sketch comedy who starred in the parody series “Mad TV” and “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” has died. She was 46. Ash died Sunday in Los Angeles because of cancer, according to her publicist and a statement by her

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn’t stop multiple law enforcement agencies from

Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies are emphasizing a new line of criticism against Republicans — branding Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, as “weird.” Democrats are applying the label with gusto in interviews and online, notably to Vance’s comments on abortion and his

PARIS (AP) — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And, most disappointing of all, a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics. Even the site was the same:

The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millennials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations. By age 27, Black Americans born in 1978 to poor

ATLANTA (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats’ reach: President Joe Biden’s campaign pledged to concentrate more on holding the Midwestern “blue wall” states and indicated they might be willing to forsake “Sun Belt” battlegrounds. But now that Biden has

Simone Biles leads the U.S. women into the gymnastics team final as part of an action-packed slate Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here is a guide of what to look out for: Biles in gymnastics team final despite injury The 27-year-old Biles is in the lineup to compete in

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The gymnast who Simone Biles fears the most is a Black woman from Brazil — Rebeca Andrade. “Rebeca Andrade. She scares me the most,” Biles said in her documentary,